I was reading a scroll as usual. When another IceWing came bounding up to me. "Hay, Ermine! Do you ever take your head out of those scrolls of yours?" I looked up with nervous icy blue eyes. "W-what's w-wrong with reading s-scrolls Flurry?" I quietly asked, my friend laughed and replied, "Nothing, i'm just asking. Oh... By the way, where's your SeaWing friend... Hurricane, right?" Flurry asked, with a tilt of her head.
"Tempest," I corrected, though with a sincere smile and a nod of my head in greeting.
Flurry you've got to pay more attention," I quietly teased my friend. "Now, C'mon... let's go back to the IceWing Palace." Flurry said, and I sighed and reluctantly followed after Flurry. "Where have you two been?" I looked up to see my mother, Queen Glacier, and my younger sister Sleet.
"We were outside your Majesty. Ermine was reading her scroll... She's really into her reading." Flurry teased me good-naturedly. I just rolled my eyes in response. "That sounds nice. Although... It's hard to get Ermine away from her scrolls." My mother said, laughing quietly. "Your just in time... dinner will be ready shortly. Why don't you two go and get ready... We'll be having guests tonight." The Queen said and we headed to my room to get ready.
"I wonder who your mother invited over this time?" I shrugged my wings in response. I just hope it isn't Prince arctic. That wouldn't end well. "Well it's time. Let's go out and wait for our guests to arrive." Flurry said excitedly, and we slowly made our way to the dining area.
We then made our way to the dining area, and we sat patiently and waited for our guests to arrive. We were all wondering who was coming. I have a hunch of who our so called 'special guest' is going to be. Oh mother, why do you do this to me?
I fidgeted nervously with the Sapphire necklace that was around my neck.
"Calm down Ermine. There's no need to be so nervous, you know Prince Frost and his parents, Aurora and Snowdrift and his younger sisters, Sleet and Whiteout... Don't you?" My mother asked, and my eyes snapped up to look at her in horror.
"P-Prince F-Frost?" I asked, my mother knew about my crush on him, so she tried in her own special way to get me to gain the courage to tell him how I felt about him. I turned to look at my older sisters, Hail and Winter. Who both looked at me with concern... Winter especially... the hybrid dragonet was still learning the rules of the IceWing culture.
"Yes, darling. There coming over for dinner. Isn't that great?" My mother exclaimed, with a bright smile. I just lowered my head. "Mother? You know how shy and nervous Ermine is around other dragons... especially shy around Prince Frost. I mean no disrespect mother... but isn't that a bit too much?" Winter asked quietly looking up at our mother.
I took a deep breath and calmed myself as best as I could. Prince Frost was here. "H-hi, Prince Frost. I-it's nice t-to see y-you again," I bowed respectfully to the IceWing Prince.
"Hello again Princess Ermine, Hello Your Majesty. It's a huge honor to be invited to the Palace." He said, bowing to us in the traditional way to address an IceWing royal.
"Well... Have a seat. Dinner will be here shortly." My mother said, gesturing with a wing for them to take a seat.
And right on schedule... dinner was brought out to the table. An IceWing gard named Pelican was the one who brought us our food. I smiled shyly up at Pelican.
"Thank you very much, Pelican." Queen Glacier replied with a soft smile.
Dinner was a quiet affair... just as it usually was, the only sound was the smalltalk between my mother and her sister, Aurora. I sighed quietly and slowly ate my food.
FROST
I looked at Ermine with curious dark blue eyes. She has a crush on me... I mean that much is obvious. I'm not stupid, I figured that out the first day that we met.
"So... Uhh... Ermine? How have you been lately?" I asked, in an attempt to start up a Conversation with the shy IceWing Princess. She slowly looked up from her scroll and she looked up at me with nervous pale blue eyes.
"Yes, Prince Frost?" She stuttered out, looking down at her talons. I smiled warmly at the pale blue and white IceWing dragonet in front of me.
"What do you want to do Princess Ermine?" I asked, curling my tail around my talons. The IceWing Princess just shrugged her wings and went back to reading her scroll.